D7sus4

D1G4A5C♭7

A dominant seventh with the fourth standing in for the third.

on ukulele on piano the scale

Every fingering that fits a hand

Fig. 2

xx0013

open · no 5

Fig. 3

xx0213

open

Fig. 4

aaacaa

moderate · barre

Fig. 5

x50533

hard · no 5

Fig. 6

xx0533

easy · no 5

What is true of it

D7sus4 is D, G, A and C — 1, 4, 5 and b7 counted from D.

On an instrument that cannot reach all 4, the 5 goes first, in that order.

The easiest of the 5 fingerings below is xx0013: 2 fingers, held at the 1st fret.

2 of them use open strings, which is what makes a shape quiet to change to.

1 of the 5 need a barre.

It leaves out the 5. 6 strings cannot carry 4 notes, and the 5 is the one this chord can lose without changing what it is.

2 strings stay silent.

Where its notes are on the neck

Fig. 7 — first 12 frets

The brass dots are D, the root. Everything else is a chord tone with its degree printed in it.

With a different note underneath

first inversion

D7sus4/G

300013

second inversion

D7sus4/A

x0001x

third inversion

D7sus4/C

x30033

An inversion is the same chord with a different note lowest. The name changes to a slash name because the bass is what a listener hears as the foundation.

D in other shapes

Dsus2suspended second Dsus4suspended fourth Dmajor Dmminor Ddimdiminished

C7sus4 C♯7sus4 D♭7sus4 D♯7sus4 E♭7sus4 E7sus4 F7sus4 F♯7sus4 all 374